Bay Village thefts from garage, homes tied to stolen Subaru

BAY VILLAGE -- Just after 2:30 a.m. Tuesday, a police officer observed a suspicious Subaru in a driveway on Bassett Road.

After running the license plate, he discovered the vehicle had been stolen from Richmond Heights.

Attempts to locate any occupants were unsuccessful.

Then later that day, it was discovered that a Honda minivan had been stolen from an attached garage on West Oakland Road. Items from the garage had also been stolen, some of which were discovered to be in the already recovered stolen Subaru.

Theft reports were also taken from two other nearby homes.

On Saturday, Cleveland police recovered the stolen Honda minivan.

Detectives in both Bay Village and Cleveland are continuing the investigation.